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A History of the County of Oxford
… title of the mayor and commonalty, was to have perpetual succession and a common seal, and might plead and be … incorporation in 1453, 59 and until the 17th century the succession was not fully recorded. 60 By the 16th century … rector, each served ten times. Service for two years in succession was common, and seems to have been standard …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 19th and early 20th centuries the church was served by a succession of parish clerks from the same family, Samuel …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Pym (d. 1585), until 1603 or later. 8 It passed in succession to Mary (d. 1729), wife of Sir Thomas Hales Bt., …